Property  of  the  United  States  Government. 

(B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  149.) 

SPECIAL  ORDER  WAIVING  THE  TUBERCULIN  TEST  REQUIREMENT 
FOB  CANADIAN  CATTLE  IMPORTED  TEMPORARILY,  FOR  EXHIBITION 
PURPOSES,  AT  THE  MICHIGAN  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY 
,FAIR,  TO  BE  HELD  AT  DETROIT,  MICH. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Bureau  op  Animal  Industry, 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  23,  1907. 

Under  authority  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  by  Regulation  38  of  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  Order  No. 
142,  Regulations  for  the  Inspection  and  Quarantine  of  Horses,  Cattle, 
Sheep,  and  Other  Ruminants,  and  Qwine  Imported  into  the  United 
States,  the  requirements  of  Regulation  37  of  Order  No.  142  are  hereby 
waived  for  cattle  to  be  imported  from  Canada  temporarily,  for  exhibi- 
tion purposes,  at  the  Michigan  State  Agricultural  Society  Fair,  to  be 
held  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  from  August  29  to  September  6,  1907. 

The  provisions  of  said  Regulation  38  shall  be  strictly  applied  to  the 
cattle  covered  by  this  order.     Regulation  38  reads  as  follows : 

"Regulation  38.  The  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  may, 
however,  by  written  order,  waive  the  foregoing  tuberculin  test  require- 
ment for  cattle  to  be  imported  temporarily  for  exhibition  purposes, 
provided  such  cattle  are  accompanied  by  a  satisfactory  certificate  of 
tuberculin  test  made  not  more  than  six  months  previously  and  an  affi- 
davit by  the  owner  or  importer  stating  that  the  said  certificate  of  tuber- 
culin test  refers  to  the  cattle  in  question.  Any  such  cattle  which  are 
not  sold  to  remain  in  the  United  States  shall  be  returned  immediately 
to  Canada  at  the  close  of  the  exhibition.  The  Department  must  be 
notified  of  any  Canadian  cattle  which  will  remain  in  the  United  States, 
not  tested  as  required  by  Regulation  37,  and  the  tuberculin  test  will  be 
applied  to  them  by  an  inspector  of  this  Department  before  shipment  to 
destination.  All  cattle,  sheep,  and  swine  intended  for  exhibition  pur- 
poses must  be  shipped  directly  to  the  exhibition  grounds  and  must  not 
be  unloaded  in  any  public  stock  yards." 

A.  D.  Melvin, 

Chief,  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

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